What is the development trend of battery technology for automobile
start-stop systems?
In recent years, the Chinese government has increasingly tightened fuel
consumption standards for automobiles. Against this background, start-stop
systems that can effectively save fuel consumption have gradually become a
standard feature of passenger vehicles. It is predicted that 15 million new cars
in China will be equipped with start-stop systems in 2020. The next few years
will usher in the golden development period of China's automobile start-stop
battery market, and the market prospects are very broad.
According to Battery China.com, car start-stop batteries have high
technical barriers, because starting and stopping requires more frequent starts
and powering vehicle electrical appliances at idle speed. Start-stop batteries
have higher performance than ordinary batteries. Require. At present, there are
two types of start-stop batteries widely used in the market: EFB and AGM.
Lead-acid batteries are still the main body of the start-stop battery market,
accounting for about 90% of the market share. The market share of lithium
batteries is still very small.
In the field of start-stop batteries, the current domestic brands mainly
include Fengfan, Camel, Shuangdeng, Chaowei, Nandu, Tianfeng, etc., and the main
foreign brands include Valta, German MOLL, Yuasa, Bosch, Johnson Controls, etc.
During a visit and survey this year, Battery China.com learned that Fengfan
Company has an annual production capacity of approximately 30 million lead-acid
batteries (including 5 million AGM and EFB batteries) and is a major supplier of
FAW-Volkswagen, Shanghai Volkswagen, Shanghai General Motors, Beijing Hyundai,
Dongfeng Motor, etc. It is a perennial partner of most domestic large-scale
automobile manufacturers and supplies AGM batteries to luxury brand cars such as
Audi, Mercedes-Benz and BMW.
At the 2019 China International Lead-Acid Battery Summit Forum held not
long ago, Pei Xinbin, chief engineer of Fengfan Research Institute, introduced
the development trend of battery technology for automobile start-stop systems
and shared Fengfan's research in the field of automobile start-stop system
batteries over the years. Results and innovative practices.
Start-stop system assembly rate greatly increased
According to Pei Xinbin, the United States began to promote automobile
start-stop systems in 2012, and the assembly rate increased significantly in
2017. He said that so far, equipping an engine start-stop system is the easiest
and most effective way to reduce vehicle emissions. At present, start-stop
systems have been widely promoted in developed countries. It is expected that by
2020, the installation rate of start-stop systems in Europe will reach 90%, and
the installation rate of start-stop systems in the United States will reach
57%.
From the perspective of the Chinese market, the installation rate of
start-stop systems is also increasing rapidly. The data given by Pei Xinbin is:
in 2012, the standard rate of domestic automobile start-stop systems was only
10.24%, and by 2018 it had reached 56.29%. Specifically, domestic joint venture
brand cars such as Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Audi, Volkswagen, and General Motors have
adopted start-stop systems as standard equipment. Among them, high-end car
brands basically use AGM batteries, and most Volkswagen and Japanese cars use
EFB batteries. Mainstream models of domestic independent brands also use EFB
batteries.
"With the implementation of the National VI automotive standards in 2020,
start-stop technology will become one of the first choices for car companies to
reduce fuel consumption, and the start-stop battery as the core of the
start-stop system will receive more attention." Pei Xinbin made a judgment, and
he also pointed out that the outbreak of the start-stop battery market will also
be subject to more supervision.
Start-stop battery with better performance
Technically speaking, Pei Xinbin said that compared with traditional
batteries, the start-stop system puts forward higher requirements for EFB
battery performance: higher cycle life, 2-3 times longer than ordinary
batteries; higher low-temperature and high-rate discharge performance , more
than 25% higher than ordinary batteries; higher safety, you need to consider the
function settings of EFB batteries and other issues; better dynamic charging
capabilities, can adapt to the charging strategy of starting and stopping the
car, and can quickly charge under different charging conditions Complete its own
kinetic energy supplement; better consistency.
In order to meet the needs of reducing fuel consumption and emissions,
current car charging systems adopt intelligent charging, which dynamically
adjusts mainly based on battery power and temperature. Pei Xinbin explained that
the start-stop system is implemented by installing an EBS device on the negative
electrode of the battery. The device collects the battery voltage, current
temperature and then determines the SOD value of the battery.
Pei Xinbin said that in order to improve the cycle life of the battery, it
is necessary to choose the appropriate grid type, including expanded mesh grids,
punched grids, cast grids, continuous cast grids, etc. In order to improve the
low-temperature discharge capability of the battery, the discharge area of the
grid must be increased. At the same time, Pei Xinbin said that Fengfan Company
has also optimized the EFB battery shell material and structure to effectively
ensure high safety.
"The Sail Company's EFB battery is also equipped with a stirring device,
which we call a diversion trough. This diversion device can confuse the density
of the upper and lower gallbladder fluid to achieve the purpose of easing the
stratification of the electrolyte. The device has also been approved by
Volkswagen Laboratories," explained Pei Xinbin.
During the research and development, the Fengfan Company also considered
the problem of battery loss. Survey data shows that among various complaints
about car batteries, battery loss accounts for a relatively large proportion.
“First of all, we must pay attention to the problem of power loss of EFB
batteries. Problems with power supply matching will also affect the service life
of EFB batteries.” Pei Xinbin said, “When we produce EFB batteries, we have gone
through strict start-stop tests. Even if we replace the original ones, After
recharging the battery, the start-stop system is still normal.”
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